Opera
Discover the world's most renowned opera stars, including legendary singers, composers, and conductors. Explore biographies, achievements, and performances of celebrated opera personalities from history to the present day.
Nikolay Gassiev
Russia
RussiaOpera tenor singer, soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre.
Carlo Meliciani
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic baritone
Enrico Calzolari
Italy
ItalyOpera singer (lyric tenor).
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian opera singer (bass).
Giovanni Battista Rubini
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer-tenor
Giuseppe Valdengo
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone
Larisa Aleksandrovskaya
Belarusian Soviet opera singer (soprano)
Viacheslav luhanin
Russia
RussiaOpera bass singer, soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre.
Alessandra Marc
USA
USAAmerican dramatic soprano singer
Jessy Norman
USA
USAOpera diva
Barry Banks
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish lyric tenor.
Ugo Savarese
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic baritone
Erica Brookhyser
USA
USAAmerican singer, mezzo-soprano
Jules Bastin
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian opera singer, bass
Mario Del Monaco
Italy
ItalyItalian singer (dramatic tenor)
Marcelo Raul Alvarez
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine opera singer, lyric tenor
Jerzy Polomski
Poland
PolandPolish singer and actor
Annagul Annakulieva
Turkmenistan
TurkmenistanSoviet Turkmen opera singer (soprano), actress
Nikolay Gedda
Sweden
SwedenSwedish singer (tenor)
Maria Kuznetsova
Ukraine
UkraineRussian opera soprano singer and dancer
Jeanne Anais Castel
France
FranceFrench opera singer (soprano)
Gilda Cruz-Romo
Mexico
MexicoMexican opera singer-soprano
Benjamin Patterson DeLoache
USA
USAAmerican singer (baritone)
Juan Pons
Spain
SpainSpanish operatic baritone
Rosanna Carteri
Italy
ItalyOpera singer soprano
Helene Wildbrunn
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer, soprano
Alenka Gotar
Slovenia
SloveniaSlovenian opera singer
Elizabeth Connell
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer (soprano).
Barbara Cook
USA
USAOpera singer, lyric soprano
Oleg Dzyuba
Ukraine
UkraineSinger, People's Artist of Ukraine (2010).
Jacques Bouhy
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian opera singer, baritone
The Three Tenors
Tandem of three great tenors: Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti
Juliane Banse
Germany
GermanyGerman singer (soprano)
Thomas Edmonds
Australia
AustraliaAustralian opera singer, tenor
David Badridze
People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1943)
Hilde Guden
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer, soprano
Adamo Didur
Poland
PolandPolish opera singer, high bass
Mishael Kit
Ukraine
UkraineOpera bass singer, soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre.
Laszlo Polgar
Hungary
HungaryHungarian opera singer, bass
Kim Borg
Finland
FinlandFinnish opera bass singer, composer and music teacher
Filimon Koridze
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian opera singer (bass).
Ezio Flagello
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, bass
Arnold Van Mill
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch operatic bass
Owen Brannigan
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish bass
Filippo Galli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer (bass).
Raffaele Arie
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian opera bass
Miroslav Cangalovic
Bosnian opera and concert singer
Sidor Belarsky
USA
USAAmerican opera singer (bass)
Angelo Michele Bertalotti
Italy
ItalyItalian singer (bass), composer and music teacher.
Alexey Krivchenya
Soviet Ukrainian and Russian opera singer (bass), actor